WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – The Colgate women's tennis team started the 2021 season in stellar fashion with a 5-2 victory over Monmouth.
The Raiders' strong performance was highlighted by the team winning five of the six singles matches.
Sophomore
Emme Levenson won at first singles in commanding fashion, losing only five games to win in straight sets 6-2, 6-3. Coming in with a big win at No. 2 singles was first-year
Sara De Oliveira as she won 6-3, 7-5.
Following her at No. 5 singles was sophomore
Emily Untermeyer, who won in straight sets 6-2, 6-2 and only lost four games. Sophomore
Katerina Atallah kept the momentum going for the Raiders as she won at No. 4 singles. After needing 12 games to win the first set at 7-5, she secured the final set with an impressive 6-0 win.
Rounding out the top six for Colgate was junior
Nicole Condas, who only lost three games and won the sets 6-1, 6-2.
THE RUNDOWN
Singles
Emme Levenson (Colgate) def. Ann Spurka (Monmouth) 6-2, 6-3
Sara De Oliveira (Colgate) def. Nicole Gasser (Monmouth) 6-3, 7-5
Zoe Klapman (Monmouth) def.
Rebecca Wolf (Colgate) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
Katerina Atallah (Colgate) def. Madison Mills (Monmouth) 7-5, 6-0
Emily Untermeyer (Colgate) def. Chinonye Gabriel (Monmouth) 6-2, 6-2
Nicole Condas (Colgate) def. Sydney DeNardo (Monmouth) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
Spurka/Gasser (Monmouth) def. De Oliveira/Wolf (Colgate) 6-2
Klapman/Fredriksson (Monmouth) def. Levenson/Atallah (Colgate) 7-6
Mills/Gabriel (Monmouth) def. Untermeyer/Kiani (Colgate) 7-6
FROM THE SOURCE
On the women's performance, head coach Bobby Pennington said:
"What an amazing effort by our ladies this evening. After a year layoff and long travel day, we faced a quality Monmouth team and after dropping the doubles point, we clawed back. The ladies won at 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 singles to clinch.
"They played with great spirit, culture, calm, composure and heart. Eight of our last 10 matches are wins. The future is so bright as five of our top six are first-years and sophomores."
UP NEXT
The Raiders will face off against Army on Saturday at 1 p.m.
FOLLOW THE RAIDERS
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